Re: how can something as lame as "Jesus Day" be threatening?

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

I, for one, don't mind Jewish humor on the list. (And I thought Jesus
Day qualified for sure). On the other hand, I was briefly on a Jewish
humor e-mail list and it was awful -- the same stale jokes that -- well,
that I've been telling for years.

George (So this praying mantis walks into a bar . . . ) Robinson


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
> 
> I agree with Lori.  I, too, have been very tempted to send the really good 
> jokes
> to the list.  Although...have you heard about the two old Jewish Jazz 
> musicians
> sitting on the park bench?...  Hey, maybe we should have a Jewish Humor page,
> Lor, whaddya think?  Anyway, I'm often interested by the non-music listings 
> that
> people have carefully considered because they have made me aware of issues I 
> had
> not known of, as with this one.
> 
> Lorele
> 
> MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 07/31/2000 9:18:12 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > ari (at) ivritype(dot)com writes:
> >
> > << It needs to be okay to occasionally suggest that a posting has
> >  strayed a bit farther over the line than seems fair to the list. >>
> >
> > Let's all keep this in mind.  The list has been deprived of hundreds of
> > postings of Jewish Humor (from me alone) because if we post about topics 
> > that
> > stray from the theme of the group, we'll wake up every morning with 100
> > pieces of email.  It's just common sense.  Having said all that, every once
> > in a while if there is something that a list member just cannot resist
> > sharing that's off topic, maybe it would be prudent to list it as NOT JEWISH
> > MUSIC RELATED in the title.  Just a thought.
> > Lori
> >
> 

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